America's great Loop

PacBlue · Jul 22, 2017

captholli said: ↑

I think that the southern end or thumb of lake Huron where it meets the St Clair river is one of the most treacherous stretches of water in the great lakes with any type on N. east or N. west winds building short & steep seas that funnel down the lake with nowhere to go. We stuck our nose out of the St Clair on a 125" Burger "Mimi" into Huron and had one of the crew quarters aluminum port light flashing blown in. I was a long ride for the deck hands taking turns bracing a mattress over the opening with their legs until we could pick a safe moment to put the seas on our stern and limp back into the river. Arara III later Kakapo and now Mimi I believe was specifically built for traversing the Erie Canal with a hydraulically operated mast for clearance. At the time 125ft. was a monster to pull up @ Sylvan Beach but now I believe there are quite a few new builds that are longer LOA that have the needed modifications for the 19'5" clearance like 'Bread" and "Sycara" Any others out there?
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That was the biggest "classic" Burger ever built for a long time before the new modern craft from the new owners.

Wl3175 · Jul 23, 2017

Hi all we are leaving from Stuart Florida to the Erie in the next week or 2 .Any suggestions on where to to stop and not greatly appreciated .unfortunatlwy we will be in a bit of a rush to get to the Erie as the boss needs to get back to work. We will be going on a east bay 49

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